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Join the York Cross-Campus Alliance at Labour Day

Members of the York Cross-Campus Alliance assemble at the 2017 Labour Day parade in Toronto (credit: James Clark)The York Cross-Campus Alliance (CCA) invites all its member groups to march together as a contingent in this year's Labour Day parade. Each member group of the CCA may march as its own contingent...

Bargaining update #5: Stalled?

The Bargaining Team met with the Employer on three dates in August. In total, the YUFA Bargaining Team has met with the Employer sixteen times.Agreement has been reached on the following:  housekeeping matters revisions to Appendix Q on harassment, providing for streamlined procedures and reflecting new statutory requirements The Employer's current...

Welcome to YUFA reception for new faculty

A photo from above of food and beverages on a light-blue coloured table, laid out for a summer picnicYou're invited!Reception for new facultyTuesday, August 283:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.Doors open at 3:00 p.m.et al. faculty / graduate student café & pub *S166 Ross Building (map)Join on Facebook.The York University Faculty Association (YUFA) is pleased...

UPDATE: Faculty/Grad Student Café & Pub re-opens on August 27

UPDATE: Due to water damage caused by renovations in the Ross Building this week, et al. will re-open on Monday, August 27. The previous announcement about et al.'s re-opening has been updated below: YUFA is pleased to announce that et al., the faculty/graduate student café & pub, will re-open for business...

Communiqué #2 on remediation

YUFA continues to receive queries related to remediation from members across the University. Ongoing member feedback has confirmed YUFA’s view that the Employer’s communications regarding remediation continue to be contradictory and/or confusing and/or unclear.YUFA’s position is that the Collective Agreement provides members with the right to an adequate and reasonable...

Faculty/Grad Student Café & Pub re-opens on August 20

YUFA is pleased to announce that et al., the faculty/graduate student café & pub, will re-open for business on Monday, August 20.et al. is located in S166 Ross Building. Its new hours are:Monday, Tuesday, Friday 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.Wednesday, Thursday 9:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.et al. serves breakfast, lunch,...

Bargaining update #4: Bread and butter bargaining

The Bargaining Team met with the Employer on five dates in July. In the lingo of bargaining, the University is referred to as the "Employer," a term that describes the University's legal position in relation to YUFA members as employees. What follows is an update on some key developments in...

Communiqué on remediation

YUFA continues to receive numerous queries from members regarding remediation. YUFA members are seeking clarity and trying to make sense of the contradictory and/or confusing and/or unclear information about remediation that they are receiving. YUFA's view is that, throughout the current strike, the Employer, York University senior administration, has failed...

Bargaining update #3

YUFA and the Employer have met six times over the last three weeks. The YUFA Bargaining Team has now presented all six areas of our proposals in detail: Equity, Compensation & Benefits, Working Conditions, Retiree Benefits, Faculty Complement, and Governance & Collegiality. Our Bargaining Team and the Employer have exchanged...

Our commitment to restoring York through collective bargaining

An image of the printed version of the 2015-18 Collective Agreement and the 2015-18 Tenure & Promotion DocumentsDear colleagues,As we move this summer into the serious work of negotiating a new Collective Agreement, members of the YUFA Executive Committee are pleased to share our aims with you, our membership.'YUFA is...